avund
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse ǫfund, from Proto-Germanic *abundiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɑːʋʉn(d)/
Synonyms
- misunning
References
- “avund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish afund, from Old Norse ǫfund, from Proto-Germanic *abundiz.
Pronunciation
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Noun
avund c
- envy
- Den framlysande avunden i Ygbergs anförande framblåste ett strömoln över den soliga himmelen, men det var blott för ett ögonblick, ty alla visste att avunden hade ett långt, förlorat livs bitterhet till ursäkt.
- The apparent envy in Ygberg's speech threw a sudden cloud over the sunlit skies, but it was but for the moment, for everyone knew that the envy had a long, lost life's bitterness as its excuse.
Declension
| Declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | ||||
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| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | avunden | — | — |
| Genitive | avunds | avundens | — | — |
Derived terms
- avundad
- avundas
- avundsam
- avundsfri
- avundsfull
- avundsjuk
- avundsjuka
- avundsman
- avundsvärd
- penisavund
- unna
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